Iron County register., 1887-02-03
MORE PENSIONS.

Full Text of a Bill Just Passed by Congress
Grantin Pensions to All Honorabiy Dis
charged Soldiers Who are Incapacitated
by Physical or Mental Disability From
Earning Their Living.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.--Following is tho
text of the Dependent Soldiers Pensio L
bill, passed by both houses of Congress
and now awaiting the Presidents sigma
ture:
BE it enacted, ETC., That in considering the
pension claims of dependent parents the fact
and cause of death, and the fact that the sol
der left no widow or minor children having
been shown as required by law, it shall be nee
essary only to show by competent and sut1i-
cient evidence that such parent or parents, are
without other present means of support than
their own manual labor or the contribution OF
others not legally bound for their support: pro-
vided that no pension allowed under this act
shall commence prior to its passage. and in
case of applications hereafter made under this
act, the pension shall commence from the
date of the filing of the application in the Pen
sion ONCE
SEC. 2. That all persons who served three
months or more in the military naval service
of the United States in any war in which the
United States has been engaged, and who have
been honorably discharged therefrom, and who
are now or who may hereafter be suffering
from mental or physical disability not the re-
suit Of their own vicious habits in gross care
ASSoAASoS,
formance of labor in such degree as to render
them unable to earn their support and who are
dependent upon their daily labor for support,
shall, upon making due proof of the fact
cording to such rules and regulations az
the Secretary of the Interior may provide
in pursuance Of this act, be placed on the
list of invalid pensioners of the United
States and be entitled to receive for such total
inability to procure their subsistence by daily
labor, s12 per month, and such pension shall
commence from the date of filing the appica-
tion in the Pension ONCE upon proof that the
disabilities then existed, and continued during
the existence of the same, in the degree herein
provided for; provided, that persons who are
now receiving pensions under existing laws, or
whose claims are pending in the Pension Office,
may. by application to the Commissioner OF
Pensions, in such forms he may prescribe,
receive the benefits of this act; but nothing
herein contained shall be construed as to al
low more than one pension at the same time to
the same person, or pension to commence prlor
to the passage of this act; and provided further,
that rank in the service shall not be considered
in applications Hereunder.
SEC. g. That no agent, attorney, or other per-
SON instrumental in the presentation and
prosecution of claim under this act shall de-
mand, or receive, for his services, or instrument
tality in presenting and prosecuting such claim
a sum greater than five dollars, payable only
upon the order of the Commissioner Of Pen
sions, by the pension agent, making payment
of the pension allowed, except in cases hereto
fore prosecuted before the Pension Office, when,
in the discretion of the Commissioner of Pen
sions, fee of ten dollars may be allowed in
like manner to the agent, or attorney Of record
in the case, at the date Of the passage of this
act: and any agent attorney or other person
instrumental in the prosecution of claim
under this act who shall demand. or
receive a sum greater than that herein
provided for, for his service in the
prosecution OF the claim, shall be subject to
the same penalties prescribed in Section
of the act of July q, 1884, entitled IAN act
making appropriation for the payment of in
valid and other pensions of the United States
for the fiscal year ending June so, and for other
purposes
SEC. 4. That Section 4716 of the Revised
Statutes is hereby modified that the
shall not apply to this act; provided. that this
act shall not apply to those persous under po-
lHical disabilities And no person shall be
pensioned under this act for any disability in
Cured while engaged in the military service
against the United StateS.''